Floyd May Soon Take Over Ali's Crown !!

[Amir K Shareef]

What would of happened to floyd if he had decided to trade shots with Castillo or Corrales, would he have been Ko'd? I think he would have personally.

wtf he already tko'd corrales and he WASNT trading punches so if he was trading.. o boy

[EliteSoldier]

I don't think Mayweather has a chin to trade shots with his opponents. He just hits and then backs off, which in the end makes the fight a one-sided boring match for the audience. I will always question his chin.

[joseph5620]

Originally Posted by Wiley Hyena : First, Ali is not the greatest boxer who ever lived. No way. He was an all time great, but not the greatest. The thought of Ali trying on James J. "The Boilermaker" Jeffries in his prime in a 25+ round fight with the 3 ounce gloves (circa 1899) gives me shudders. The original "grizzlybear" would have beaten the stylist to an unrecognizable pulp. But, I cannot stop here, it gets worse. Joe Louis owns the longest championship reign in history. Marciano retired as undisputed undefeated champion of the world. Ali simply cannot make those history making claims

I have to say..I am amazed that anyone would even consider that Jeffrries would have ANY chance whatsoever with Muhammad Ali. Thinkinghe woul dhave beaten ALi to a pulp is really a stretch. What would Ali-Clay do? Just stand there and allow this? And wonthe have 3 ouncers on, too? And as for the GREAT Louis... with all due respect, but Ali could have reigned even longer if he only defended once or twice a year (and didn't have to deal with the Army issue). And JEEZ MAN, Marciano's list of opposition is ridiculously WEAK compared to Ali's (although I do think Rocky gets a bad rap He was much better than he gets credit for

John that guy is a racist and only has one agenda. His opinions are based on race and nothing else.

[joseph5620]

Then again, boxing historians tend to be more knowledgable about the sport than most fans. Typically I see maybe one intelligent post for every three ignorant ones on boxing forums. Most fans are just that: Fans. They don't really know ****e about the sport and tend to be ignorant about anything that happend before they started watching, hence their inane posts.

Poet

I noticed that you are one of the ignorant fans you're talking about.

[jose1418]

Floyd Mayweather may be the only fighter in history who could have won a world title on professional debut. After his first few fights, against Apodaca and Reggie Sanders, it was evident that Floyd had natural talent. His talent was always there to see and since his early fights he has developed arguably the greatest defence in the history of boxing.

It is obvious that Castillo beat Floyd Mayweather in there first fight, but counting the fight as a loss for Floyd, he is still heading for high grounds. After recently disposing of De La Hoya, Gatti, Baldomir, Mitchell and Judah, Floyd is a level above the best fighters of the current generation.

When being in the middle of an exchange, Floyd unlike any other boxer, can stop throwing punches, and not get to badly hurt by his opponent. His right arm stops body shots and his head is positioned a considerable distance from his opponent making it hard for their shots to have power on impact and hurt Floyd. Combining that with lighting hand speed, his attacking skills are diverse and the best in the world, yet not as good as his defensive skills.

If Floyd beats Hatton in December, he would have dominated this current period in boxing. To further the case for Floyd being considered on high grounds, near the greatest of all, this current period in the lower weights in which Floyd fights is at the highest standard it has ever been. Never have fighters in the lower division posessed power, speed and stamina like they do in this current period.

Its ironic that when the boxing community see greatness they can try to tarnish a fighters image and reputation. Floyd's arrogance may offend and annoy a few supporters, but we have to judge him on what he does in the ring and that is something very very unique.

Expect Floyd to make a mess of Ricky Hatton. Hatton will be stopped in the middle to late rounds. Simply, Ricky has never fought someone with Floyd's defence and he will be unable to tire Floyd by the constant holding. But when Floyd beats Hatton, will we continue to say "Hatton was not that good" and will we continue to line up Floyd's next fight for him and disrespect him by saying his next opponent will win by knock out. Its time we recognize the greatness of Floyd, and accept his cemented legacy as one of boxings greats. If he continues to fight big names like Hatton and win another four bouts against these big names, Floyd may very well overtake Ali as the greatest fighter of all time.

www.supermiddleweightboxing.blogspot.com

You're out of your mind, Ali was not a *****!!!

[bojangles1987]

I love how so many people completely leave out how little risk Floyd has taken at 140 and 147. The only fight I can give him any real credit for is Hatton, but even that was a fight Mayweather should win every time. De La Hoya was old and Mayweather ran his mouth about beating him down quick, yet it was a split decision.

Demarcus Corley? Arturo Gatti? Carlos Baldomir and Zab Judah? Sharmba Mitchell? Come on, where is Cotto, Mosley, Margarito, or Clottey? Floyd is without question an all-time great, but to even consider him on the level of Ali, who fought and beat everyone, is insane.

[shogunn]

just read the TS's name and title. He's the leader of the mafia, pay no attention.